Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Responsibility For Bomb Attack On Iranian Embassy That Killed 23 In Hezbollah Stronghold In Beirut -- Daily Mail
* Cultural attache Ebrahim Ansari killed after explosions hit Lebanese capital's upscale neighborhood of Janah
* Security camera footage shows man rushing towards outer wall of Iranian Embassy before blowing himself up
* Blasts damaged Iranian mission building and scattered debris across streets as people ran from burning cars
* Attacks have targeted Lebanon's Shiite strongholds recently in apparent retaliation for Hezbollah's role in Syria
An Al Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings that struck outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut today, killing 23 people including an Iranian diplomat.
The obscure Abdullah Azzam Brigades said it carried out the mid-morning bombings in a Hezbollah stronghold - the latest strike in battles that have played out in the region for decades and now intensified with the civil war next door in Syria.
The authenticity of the claim could not be independently verified but it was posted on a militant website and on the Twitter account of Sirajuddin Zurayqat, a prominent Islamic militant leader.
The group said it will continue with such attacks until the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group withdraws its forces from Syria, where the group is fighting alongside President Bashar Assad's forces against the mostly Sunni rebels seeking to topple him.
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